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Gun Violence in Washington D.C.

Gun Violence in Washington D.C.
Hassan (left) works as a brick layer, but sells pirated and pornographic movies on the street to make ends meet for his two daughters. He stopped to take this photograph with a passing basketball player (right) whose height caught his attention. When asked what he thought about the neighborhood the player, who is new to Anacostia responded, "it's not as bad as everybody says."